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JetBlue airplanes at their gates at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

TSA cites secrecy in deleting airport security breaches from report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole announced his retirement Tuesday after leading the agency for more than four years. (Associated Press)

TSA chief John Pistole steps down after difficult 4 years

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE - in this Nov. 14, 2013 file photo, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pistole, says he will retire at the end of this year. Pistole, who was the agency&#8217;s administrator for four and a half years, instituted a &#8220;risk-based&#8221; security philosophy that has enabled the agency to move passengers deemed to be low risk through airport screening more quickly. The Trusted Traveler Program is used by 5 million passengers per week at 120 U.S. airports. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

John Pistole, head of TSA, to retire at end of year

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Boxer questions TSA about San Jose stowaway

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Faster airport-screening program expands to DFW

Associated Press

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., speaks during a luncheon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

TSA defies audit, quietly expands behavior screening activity

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

TSA rejects arming officers after LAX shooting

Associated Press

If the TSA's behavior-profiling program at airports is defunded, Administrator John S. Pistole said, "There would be fewer passengers going through expedited screening, there would be increased pat-downs, there would be longer lines and there would be more frustration by the traveling public." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

TSA profiling at airports has yet to nab a terrorist

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

EDITORIAL: The price of dignity

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Homeland Security Department's inspector general said the Transportation Security Administration has not established any sense that agents are exercising good judgment in deciding which travelers they screen. (Associated Press)

Agents’ judgment faulted in TSA passenger screening

The Washington Times

**FILE** Knives of all sizes and types are piled in a box at the State of Georgia Surplus Property Division store in Tucker, Ga., on Sept. 26, 2006, and are just a few of the hundreds of items discarded at the security checkpoints of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that will be for sale at the store. (Associated Press)

TSA drops plan to allow small knives on planes

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

Volunteers pass through the first full body scanner, which uses backscatter technology, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 10, 2010. Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June 2013 because the company that makes them can't fix the privacy issues. (Associated Press)

TSA screenings lack objectivity, probe finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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TSA chief: Screeners will keep targeting high-risk travelers

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Jayashri Srikantiah, staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, holds up copies of records showing passengers checked on no-fly lists from San Francisco International Airport, as plaintiffs Jan Adams, right, and Rebecca Gordon, center, look on during a news conference in San Francisco, in this April 22, 2003, file photo. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

U.S. No-Fly list doubles in 1 year

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

PAUL: TSA’s intrusions undermine security

By Sen. Rand Paul - The Washington Times

**FILE** Airline passenger Don Heim (right) of Alpharetta, Ga., is briefed by Transportation Security Administration trainer Byron Gibson before going through a new expedited security line on Oct. 4, 2011, at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

TSA to expand test for faster airport security

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

TSA chief embraces unionization

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

"We need to be smarter in how we go about doing things. We need to use more common sense." - John Pistole, administrator of the TSA. (Associated Press)

TSA child pat-down policy to be changed

By Stephen Levy - The Washington Times

Change made to airport screenings for youngsters

By Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press

Airlines aim to take hassle out of security checks

By Alex Kennedy - Associated Press